Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Cholecystitis and other gallbladder disorders" and "Society guideline links: Gallstones".)
International
●World Society of Emergency Surgery (WSES): 2020 guidelines for the detection and management of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy (published 2021)
●Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA), International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA), Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), and European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES): Safe cholecystectomy multi-society practice guideline and state of the art consensus conference on prevention of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy (2020)
●WSES: Updated guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of acute calculus cholecystitis (2020)
●WSES and Italian Surgical Society for Elderly People (SICG): Guidelines on acute calculous cholecystitis in elderly population (2017)
Canada
●Alberta Health Services (AHS): Clinical practice guideline on cholangiocarcinoma and gallbladder cancer (2019)
United States
●Surgical Infection Society (SIS): Guidelines for antibiotic use in patients undergoing cholecystectomy for gallbladder disease (2022)
●Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA), International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA), Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), and European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES): Safe cholecystectomy multi-society practice guideline and state of the art consensus conference on prevention of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy (2020)
●American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ASGE): Guideline on the role of endoscopy in the evaluation and management of choledocholithiasis (2019)
●SAGES: Clinical spotlight review on intraoperative cholangiography (2017)
●SAGES: Guidelines for the clinical application of laparoscopic biliary tract surgery (2010)
Europe
●Society of Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (SAGES), Americas Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (AHPBA), International Hepato-Pancreato-Biliary Association (IHPBA), Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract (SSAT), and European Association for Endoscopic Surgery (EAES): Safe cholecystectomy multi-society practice guideline and state of the art consensus conference on prevention of bile duct injury during cholecystectomy (2020)
●European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (ESGE): Guideline for the endoscopic management of common bile duct stones (2019)
●Research Institute Against Cancer of the Digestive System (IRCAD): Recommendation on safe laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2017)
●EAES: Clinical practice guidelines on prevention and treatment of bile duct injuries during laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2012)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Interventional procedures guidance on percutaneous insertion of a cystic duct stent after cholecystostomy for acute calculous cholecystitis (2022)
●British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG): Updated guideline on the management of common bile duct stones (CBDS) (2017)
●Association of Upper Gastrointestinal Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland (AUGIS) and Royal College of Surgeons (RCS): Commissioning guide on gallstone disease (2013, updated 2016)
●NICE: Quality standard on gallstone disease (2015)
●NICE: Clinical guideline on gallstone disease – Diagnosis and management (2014)
●NICE: Interventional procedures guidance on single-incision laparoscopic cholecystectomy (2014)
India
●Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR): Consensus document for management of gallbladder cancer (2014)
Japan
●Japanese Society of Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery (JSHBPS): Tokyo guidelines – Surgical management of acute cholecystitis: Safe steps in laparoscopic cholecystectomy for acute cholecystitis (with videos) (2018)
